Reserve Bank of Australia Balance Sheet

At close of business on Wednesday, 16 July 2025
$ million
Liabilities and Equity Movement Assets Movement
Australian notes on issue 103,759 22 Gold and foreign exchange1 105,782 -2,964
Exchange Settlement balances 227,321 328 Australian dollar investments2 290,775 -3,412
Deposits (excluding Exchange Settlement balances) 62,665 -3,708 Other assets (including clearing items) 2,744 -217
Other liabilities 12,510 -2,958      
Other reserves and current year earnings3 -6,994 -277      
Capital and Reserve Bank Reserve Fund 40 -      
Total 399,301 -6,593 Total 399,301 -6,593
The Bank's liabilities and assets data are provided on a more disaggregated basis in statistical table A1 – RBA Balance Sheet.

Footnotes

1 Gold and foreign exchange
Movements in this item reflect:
a. the Bank's transactions in gold and foreign exchange (including under swaps) and foreign securities;
b. earnings and changes in the valuation of gold and foreign currency investments, including changes in the market prices of the Bank's holdings of foreign currency securities.
In the week to 16 July the fall mainly reflects item (a).

2 Australian dollar investments
Movements in this item reflect:
a. the Bank's transactions in securities;
b. earnings and changes in the valuation of the Bank's Australian dollar investments.
In the week to 16 July the fall mainly reflects item (a).

[3] Other reserves and current year earnings
This item includes unallocated earnings, accounting reserves and accumulated gains or losses on the Bank's assets from movements in domestic and foreign yields, and exchange rates. The treatment of earnings at year-end is subject to distribution of profits as determined in section 30 of the Reserve Bank Act.